The Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas was caused by a fireworks mortar and a camping fuel canister, investigators said.
The explosion killed one person inside the car and injured at least seven people nearby.
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Sheriff Kevin McMahill told reporters, “Once the fire is extinguished by fire department suppression efforts, some of the evidence will be visible in the back of the car.” Wednesday press conference.
“So it's a gas can. It's a camping fuel canister and a large fireworks mortar. But I want you to pay attention to that video as well,” he said, explaining the objects in the footage.
“As you can see, the exterior of the truck looks completely intact as it sits there,” McMahill continued. “The fact that this was a Cybertruck really limited the damage with most of the explosion occurring inside the valet vehicle” through the truck and out. ”
Tesla CEO Elon Musk also confirmed these reports later in the day.
“We can confirm that the explosion was caused by a very large firework or bomb in the bed of the rented Cybertruck and was not related to the vehicle itself,” Musk wrote in a statement late Wednesday. Ta. Post on social platform X.
“At the time of the explosion, all vehicle telemetry was positive,” he added.
Authorities quickly responded to the emergency outside the hotel and found the body inside a truck rented through the app Turo.
Mr. McMahill began investigating the explosion as a terrorist attack using data provided by Mr. Musk.
“I especially have to thank Elon Musk,” McMahill told reporters.
“He provided us with considerable additional information about how the vehicle was locked after the explosion,” he added.
Musk, who is preparing to work closely with President-elect Trump throughout the incoming administration as co-leader of the new Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), used the Tesla charging station to explain the driver's movements in the moments leading up to the explosion. tracked. He said high-tech vehicles isolated the explosion and limited the damage caused to the surrounding area.
“The Cybertruck actually contained the explosion and directed the explosion upwards. Not even the lobby glass doors were broken,” Musk said. I wrote to X Wednesday evening.
Investigators have not named a suspect at this time, as the identity of the perpetrator is unclear and there is a possibility that he was the same person who died.
“I'm very aware that what I update is that there are names that have already been reported in the media. As I sit here today, I can't say with 100 percent certainty who that person is. I'm not going to confirm the names with you because I can't confirm them,'' McMahill said at a news conference.
He added that the truck was likely rented in Colorado and likely “drove up and down Las Vegas Boulevard and quickly entered Trump Tower.”
